Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/308701 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Citation: 
[Journal:] Small Business Economics [ISSN:] 1573-0913 [Volume:] 63 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Springer US [Place:] New York, NY [Year:] 2023 [Pages:] 501-521
Publisher: 
Springer US, New York, NY
Abstract: 
Entrepreneurship research increasingly acknowledges marriage as an important resource for long-term commitment to entrepreneurial ventures. At the same time, family scholars emphasize the deinstitutionalization of marriage in many countries, meaning that marriage as formalized and long-term companionship has lost importance. We contend that outdated ideological positions in entrepreneurship studies on marriage potentially obscure the more complex reality of the marriage norms of entrepreneurs. Using representative panel data from Germany, our study demonstrates that there is substantial heterogeneity among marriage norms internalized by entrepreneurs in various contexts. While entrepreneurs, on average, are less likely to internalize companion marriage norms than the general population, family entrepreneurs are significantly more likely to internalize companion marriage norms. We provide new insight into the link between marriage norms and entrepreneurship and open promising new areas of inquiry with regard to social norms and entrepreneurial activity.
Subjects: 
Embeddedness
Marriage
Norms
Entrepreneurship
Deinstitutionalization
JEL: 
L26
Z10
Z13
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Published Version

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